Camel
by Shinkichi TakahashiEnglish version by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
Original Language Japanese
The camel's humps
shifted with clouds.
Such solitude beheads!
My arms stretch
beyond mountain peaks,
flame in the desert.
-- from Triumph of the Sparrow: Zen Poems of Shinkichi Takahashi, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto |
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